--- title: Han Hsin was presented to his Prince by his teachers as worthy of ho… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Han Hsin was presented to his Prince by his teachers as worthy of holding such a position, but when the Prince and his officers saw how small he was, they laughed and said, “We do not want a child,” and would not accept his services. Who acts: teachers, Prince, officers, We. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (teachers, Prince, officers, We), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75089:9:19 # text = Han Hsin was presented to his Prince by his teachers as worthy of holding such a position, but when the Prince and his officers saw how small he was, they laughed and said, “We do not want a child,” and would not accept his services. 1 Han Han PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 Hsin Hsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 13 of of SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 17 det:predet _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 26 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 28 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 want want VERB VB Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 services service NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **present** | past · passive | Han's teachers | Han | Han's Prince | | | as worthy | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to prince=Recipient | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | Han's teachers *not said here* | such position | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | the Prince and prince's officers | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | prince | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **laugh** | past | officers *= officer* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | officers *= officer* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | We | a child | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot child=Theme | | 8 | **not** **accept** | would | officers *= officer* *not said here* | prince's services | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme | | 9 | **service** | | prince | | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Project Gutenberg book 75089 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/20/) - ↑ back to [A Chinese Hero](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/)